| 100% | BLUEGRASS | 9 | Type of US music with roots in British folk music |
| 49% | MODAL | 5 | Type of harmony contrasted with tonal harmony, in music |
| 46% | SKIFFLE | 7 | Type of folk music popular in the UK in the 1950s |
| 44% | DUEPROCESS | 10 | Heart of the U.S. legal system, with roots in the 19-Across |
| 40% | SOUL | 4 | Genre with roots in Black gospel music |
| 40% | TECHNO | 6 | Music genre with roots in Detroit |
| 39% | GOSPEL | 6 | Type of music associated with Pentecostal churches |
| 39% | SKA | 3 | Music with a blend of folk and calypso |
| 38% | TWO | 3 | Number of US states with "South" in their names |
| 38% | BURRITO | 7 | Type of food, with filling wrapped in a tortilla |
| 38% | EPISCOPAL | 9 | Church with roots in the Church of England |
| 37% | YODEL | 5 | Type of folk singing popular in Switzerland |
| 37% | CARNIVAL | 8 | Type of celebration with music and lights |
| 37% | KEY | 3 | Type of board in a music studio |
| 37% | GALA | 4 | Type of pork pie with a hard boiled egg in the center |
| 37% | RAP | 3 | Type of music often covered in Vibe magazine |
| 36% | BLT | 3 | Type of sandwich that became popular in the US after World War II |
| 36% | ORANGE | 6 | With 56-Down, type of black tea with another color in its name |
| 36% | KWELA | 5 | Type of popular music in South Africa often based around a penny whistle |
| 36% | IPA | 3 | Type of alcoholic beverage that originated in the U.K., despite its name |
| 36% | DAIKON | 6 | Type of radish that means "large root" in Japanese |
| 36% | NASHVILLE | 9 | Home of country music in the US |
| 36% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 35% | DEB | 3 | Type of socialite officially discontinued in the U.K. in 1958 |
| 35% | TIKI | 4 | Type of torch actually invented in the U.S., not Polynesia |
| 35% | TOW | 3 | With 2-Down, type of zone in which parking is restricted |
| 35% | HOODIE | 6 | A type of sweater with a hat built in |
| 35% | COALPORT | 8 | Town in Shropshire associated with a type of porcelain |
| 35% | TECUMSEH | 8 | Shawnee leader who fought against William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe and sided with the British against the US in the War of 1812 |